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Chapter 11 – Hiraishin
Tsunade rubbed her knuckles over her tired eyes, staying awake to finish the paperwork nearing the deadlines made her angry than triumphant. She sighed again when she remembered the last conversation she had with Naruto and it only made her headache worse. She closed her eyes and turned the revolving chair around to face the window.
The view showed the other side of the tower which seemed so far away yet Tsunade knew as a fact that the tower was running out of space. The amount of people already living and the stragglers that still kept coming in, seeking refuge, that were taking up the rest of the space. The food wasn't a problem as long as there wasn't a drought or something even more disastrous but the space was a problem. 'I hope there won't be a civil war for who gets the corner room or something even more stupid.'
Thinking of Jiraiya usually brought her spirits back to life for a bit only to go down again, her teammate that she had finally learned to love, only to lose him in the next second. She knew Naruto was as heartbroken as her, if not more. The boy had seen Jiraiya and her as replicas to fill the parental forms for the parents he had lost. 'Wonder what jiraiya would say to Naruto now. The kid disappeared after Jiraiya died, only to turn up with Konohamaru.'
"Tsunade-sama. Have you finished approving documents?" Shizune took the nod as a sign to continue and relieved the table of the stamped and approved documents. "What are you looking at?"
"The sky is blue today too Shizune. I think it's a bad omen for the sky to stay blue for so many days."
Shizune silently shook her head, her dark bangs shifting and adjusting. "Of course not, tsunade-sama. You know the sky has been blue for only three days now."
"Three days. Ever since Naruto came back." Shizune turned her head to look at her mentor closely. The older blond was deep in thoughts, her eyes seeing the past long gone. Shizune silently left the room and her mentor, steeling her mind to let Tsunade get some rest and divert any visitors.
"So you're telling me that you want me to draw this seal on your heart? On top of that thing? Don't you 'cheh' me you brat! You come here invading my well earned break and expect me to do this craziness?"
"I don't expect you to do anything crazy. I just expect you to draw the seal." Naruto explained patiently to the fuming woman.
"But you're trying to block the seal that binds your soul, you fool! Do you know what would happen if it goes wrong?" anko looked about the isolated dango shop before leaning close to the blond boy, "It could affect the shiki fuuin you idiot! What if it messes with kyuubi's soul and brings it back here?!", she whispered furiously.
"Oh it can actually do that? I hope you draw something wrong! Yes yes draw something wrong!"
'Shut up you furball!'
"How dare you insult the great Kyuubi, you worm! I will haunt your mind until you screw up this seal!"
'You are already haunting my mind, you overgrown floppy eared fox!'
"I do not have floppy ears!"
'Anko doesn't know what will happen if the seal goes wrong! Your half of soul in my stomach could actually go back to the shinigami's stomach where you will enjoy eternal torment with my father as your companion! Do you want that?'
"No"
'Then be quiet! I can't even hear myself think!'
"As if you are capable of doing such tasks. Hmph."
'Arrrrrghh you insufferable fox! I'm going to..'
"Naruto! Focus! I don't care who Kyuubi wants to gut and eat. You need to keep your head here." Blue eyes glared at the woman and anko sighed, running her head through the unruly purple locks.
"Alright fine. I'll draw it out. What do you want me to do after that." Anko grinned back reflexively to the bright smile aimed at her.
"Then you just need to power the seal anko-nee. Just aim your finger at the seal and put a little chakra burst."
Anko peered critically at the paper shoved at her, the seal staring at her in all of its complicated glory. She sighed again before nodding at the blond.
"Alright then. I'll come to your place tonight. I have to get back to my place to get my equipment." Naruto shook his head.
"I have supplies at my place. Just bring your dango and we'll get this done. And nothing anko-nee. I want this thing off of me." The only response was a rapid eyeroll from anko.
"Sasuke don't go looking for that." Sasuke repressed the urge to twitch as kakashi's silhouette loomed from the end of the corner.
"Looking for what Kakashi?" Sasuke kept his expression neutral as the silver haired man stepped out from the shadows to show his full visage. The older man was nonchalant as ever, icha icha paradise open and in his hand while the other occupied his pant pocket.
"Don't go looking for Naruto, or his past. There are things that are better lain forgotten Sasuke. You should know this better than anyone."
Sasuke cursed as the knowing eye looked at him, and Sasuke knew it will be near impossible to get to Naruto's history with Kakashi on his trail. But what he had seen kept nagging at his brain, the feeling of déjà vu he felt made him feel like he was having brain spasms every second. He felt like he had seen that blond boy before, 'No I have seen him before. But where?'
"I don't know what you're talking about. I have to go.." he saw kakashi's hand slip into his pocket and emerge with a kunai a second earlier than he had. They both turned to the left of the small clearing of wood they had met at, the amount of killer intent making sweat bead on their brows.
Kakashi lifted his forehead protector from his left eye before calling out, "You are in konoha tower. Surrender and you will not come to harm."
Sasuke's muscled tensed in preparation for a fight, his flight or fight senses kicking in and heightening his senses. His sharingan took only a split second to pinpoint the two chakra signatures, both powerful, and it took another second to realize that he recognized them.
"Why so serious Kakashi-sensei. Can't even recognize your own student and fellow fighter?" Kakashi sighed before pocketing his weapon and lowering the forehead protector to cover the left red eye.
"What were you playing at Naruto? And you too anko, helping him stage something like this." The purple haired woman only shrugged in response before throwing a swift glance at the blond standing in front of her. Kakashi's eye narrowed as he caught the glance before focusing on the blond smiling at the dark haired teammate.
"Man Sasuke you've gotten slow." He goaded and was rewarded with tightening fists to his amusement. "I bet sakura is faster than you are now. She did actually train under Tsunade." Narrow blue eyes gleaming with unsuppressed amusement looked at black ones. "Tsunade was only second of the sannin. Orochimaru doesn't even fit anywhere since he got his ass kicked by Itachi of all people. Can you believe that? Itachi usually avoided Jiraiya, you know."
Kakashi felt the surprise come to him only in fading bouts, but it was slowly building up as he saw Naruto goad Sasuke into a fight. He knew now that the killer intent before had been totally Naruto's. And that only added to the surprise gaining momentum in his head. Naruto was baiting Sasuke that defied all laws he had known so far. He shook his head before trying to control the escalating situation, apparently a moment too late as he was forced to duck when sasuke's Chidori encased hand went where his head was seconds ago.
"Enough Sasuke."
"Yeah Sasuke-kun! Listen to the teacher Sasuke-kun!" Naruto's words and especially the suffix added to his name seemed only to enrage the Uchiha even further, as well as Naruto laughing and dodging around. Kakashi cursed and started when a hand dragged him forcefully through to the trees. He turned his head to glare at anko, but she only looked serious.
"You need to stop Sasuke." Kakashi's demeanor turned serious at her words.
"What do you mean? It's easier to stop Naruto than Sasuke." Anko only shook her head at his response before looking at him again with serious eyes.
"That's the Naruto you knew. You look at him now and tell me what you know about that boy Kakashi."
Kakashi's eyes turned back to the mock battle going on, it was evident that Sasuke was trying to hit Naruto and only holding back barely. But Naruto was still unscathed and laughing. It was that laugh that made kakashi's hair stand up. He could hear what was being said by Naruto and he knew that Naruto had changed for the worse. Just as he had feared when he saw the boy for the first time after years.
"Hell Sasuke you call this a Chidori. What did you even learn from Kakashi? Kakashi's Chidori can make the whole area electrified you idiot. And you're telling me you tried to kill Itachi with this? No wonder you had to come back half dead! You can't get close to that man with shit like this asshole!"
Sasuke grit his teeth before snapping out a reply. "And what would you know about Itachi you dumbass?"
Kakashi's eye focused on Naruto intensely when he felt the atmosphere change, the electricity charge of the Chidori dying down and a faint wind picking up leaves from the ground. Naruto's whole face was free of expression and Kakashi remembered with a jolt that it was what Naruto looked like when they had the first team meeting.
"Oh I think I know Itachi more than you do and ever did, Sasuke." And with that Naruto disappeared only to reappear behind Sasuke. With a swift slap Sasuke was unconscious and Kakashi was still reeling from seeing hiraishin done by Naruto.
Anko looked at the frozen copynin and to the unconscious Uchiha lying on the floor before looking at Naruto standing over the prone body. "Naruto, what did I tell you about losing control brat!"
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